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Senate, House Fall Behind Last Year In Acting On Budget Bills
By this time last year, the Senate had already passed its version of the state budget (actually on May 9) and the House had already gone through a bruising two and a half hour Appropriations Committee meeting leading to a floor vote on June 4.
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PA Table Game Revenue Up Nearly 9 Percent In April
The Gaming Control Board announced Thursday revenue generated from the play of table games at Pennsylvania casinos during April of 2013 was 8.9 percent above table games revenue produced last April.
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Pennsylvania April Unemployment Drops 0.3 Percent
The state’s unemployment rate dropped three-tenths of a percentage point to 7.6 percent in April according to employment statistics released today by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry.
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Political News & NewsClips
Cabinet Changes: In the last few weeks, Gov. Corbett has named a new Secretary of Health-- Michael Wolf (confirmed this week), Secretary of Public Welfare-- Beverly Mackereth and now a new Secretary of Education-- William Harner. He has yet to name a replacement for DEP Secretary Michael Krancer more than a month after his resignation.
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Session Schedule
Here is the latest voting session schedule for the Senate and House--
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On The Senate/House Agenda
Here are the Senate and House Calendars and Committee showing bills of interest--
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Senate/House Bills Moving
The following bills of interest saw action in the House or Senate this week--
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Bills Introduced
The following bill of interest was introduced this week--
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Corbett Thanks Senate For Holding Second Hearing On Liquor Privatization
Gov. Tom Corbett Tuesday thanked the Senate Law and Justice Committee for holding its second hearing looking into privatizing Pennsylvania’s wine and spirits system.
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Op-Ed: Liquor Privatization Must Protect Small Businesses, Preserve Rural Access
By Sen. Joe Scarnati (R-Jefferson), Senate President Pro Tempore
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House Committee OKs New Retirement Age For Judges
Legislation-- House Bill 79 (Harper-R-Montgomery) -- a proposal to amend the state’s Constitution to increase the mandatory retirement age for judges was approved by the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
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Weeks Ahead
Upcoming meetings, hearings and other events on legislative issues in Harrisburg, unless otherwise noted. NEW means new from last week.
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Tomalis To Leave As Secretary Of Education, Harner Named As Replacement
Gov. Tom Corbett Wednesday announced that Ronald J. Tomalis will leave his post as Secretary of Education on May 31 to become Special Adviser to the Governor on Higher Education.
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